Mundane News

[Reynard]

Good pickings tonight off the counter in Tesco, despite a staff member tottering away with a 2 foot tall pile of meat before the chap could put it in the cabinet.

As a result I didn't get the lamb shanks I was after, but I did get lamb rump, a large rump steak, a monkfish tail, trout fillets and salmon fillets. Outside of this, other pickings were 2 liters of organic milk, a pack of some chocolate dessert thingies, asparagus, baby corn, sugar snap peas, green beans, tenderstem broccoli, grapes, tangerines and two packs of croissants.

The rump will be a suitable substitute for the shanks in the tagine I plan on making, and I'll be doing roast monkfish wrapped in streaky bacon.

 

[Reynard]

Had a bath and ... made a daft decision: we've travelled to ride a hillclimb. We. Not one of us.

So ... new mech hanger in. Firmly secured around with tape. Smallest chainring we have put on. The rear mech is twisted - pliered it. I've 4 gears and the PlanetX bike's going up under me! It'll have one last run or everything ends in disaster (probably). Do or at least try not to die!

The national hillclimb's live tomorrow on facebook.com/velo29 Son's off at 10:22:30 and I'm 11:10:30

Chapeau to you @DCLane

 

[Jenkins]

This afternoon was wet. It wasn't supposed to be so I'm not happy. At least it proved that my new boots are waterproof & warm, even if my trousers aren't.

Other than those which update automatically, I'm now set for GMT in the morning having changed the remaining 5 clocks around the house.

 

[tyred]

I realise (not for the first time) that I own a lot of books I haven't read, yet keep looking/buying more

 

[Reynard]

I realise (not for the first time) that I own a lot of books I haven't read, yet keep looking/buying more

You are not alone...

 

[tyred]

You are not alone...

What is really worrying is when you realise you own multiple copies of the same book because you bought another not realising that you already had it!

 

[tyred]

Time to visit the land of nod.

 

[classic33]

Time to visit the land of nod.

14 days quarantine/isolation when you get there?

 

[Speicher]

I realise (not for the first time) that I own a lot of books I haven't read, yet keep looking/buying more

You are not alone...

Lots of books here, travel, foreign languages, travel, bi-lingual dictionaries, travel, trains, and some cookery books.

 

[Speicher]

Thank you to everyone for the Bird day wishes.

I had a very quiet day, which is just how I like it. Oh and Coffee and Walnut cake.

 

[Reynard]

Lots of books here, travel, foreign languages, travel, bi-lingual dictionaries, travel, trains, and some cookery books.

Lots of books here too - sci-fi, motor racing, photography, cats, military history, space & astronautics, engineering. And maybe the odd cookery book or three... hundred...

 

[Reynard]

Thank you to everyone for the Bird day wishes.

I had a very quiet day, which is just how I like it. Oh and Coffee and Walnut cake.

Glad you had a fabby day, hun xxx

 

[Gravity Aided]

Thank you to everyone for the Bird day wishes.

I had a very quiet day, which is just how I like it. Oh and Coffee and Walnut cake.

Happy Bird Day @Speicher , Owl the best wishes, and many happy returns of the day.

 

[tyred]

Thank you to everyone for the Bird day wishes.

I had a very quiet day, which is just how I like it. Oh and Coffee and Walnut cake.

Happy birthday

 

[Speicher]

Glad you had a fabby day, hun xxx

Not a fabby day exactly.

One of my Brothers phoned me. It was his wife's birthday last Thursday, and they went out to a restaurant for a meal. One of the "people he spoke to" has the symptoms of Covid. He lives in Newcastle.

My brother is a lot older than me, 74, is overweight, has been a heavy smoker all his life, and has COPD.